Scientist Quotes by E. O. Wilson

9 Scientist quotes by E. O. Wilson

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E. O. Wilson’s perspective on scientists is captured in nine succinct lines. They provide a quick, scholarly glimpse into his reverence for the discipline.

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The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and works like a bookkeeper

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Go as far as you can, [young scientists]. The world needs you badly.

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To know how scientists engage in visual imagery is to understand how they think creatively.

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If someone could actually prove scientifically that there is such a thing as a supernatural force, it would be one of the…

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The students of biodiversity, the ones we most need in science today, have an enormous task ahead of molecular biology and the…

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Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane around earth…

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The big question that scientists haven't even begun to get an answer for is how many species of microorganisms are there? Now,…

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The second half of the 20th century was a golden age of molecular biology, and it was one of the golden ages…

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A paradigm shift is the best a scientist can hope for. Whenever I smell an opportunity like that, I go after it.…

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Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled…

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It's always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the…

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Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups…

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When all else fails, men turn to reason.

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The commitment must be much deeper - to let no species knowingly die; to take all reasonable action to protect every species and race…

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Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of our species'…

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The living environment is the biosphere, the thin layer around the world of living organisms. We're part of that. Our existence is dependent on…

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The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam…

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